Word: jargonizing
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KUNG BEGINS his argument by dismissing every serious competing strain in Western thought to Christianity as sophistry. Sometimes his arguments are effective, particularly his critiques of Descartes and Wittgenstein. But eventually he buries the reader beneath a mound of philosophical jargon. As Kung's arguments become more and more complex, the philosophical debris grows to such heights that one cannot help laughing at serious remarks such as, "Obviously, Kierkegaard did not know Pascal's work firsthand; he quotes him only once, and then indirectly, through Feuerbach." Obviously...
Experts have long predicted that personal computers would be a great new market, but sales were hindered because the equipment was too complicated for most people. Now manufacturers have started marketing products that are both cheaper and less technically complex. In the jargon of the business, computers have become "user friendly...
...professor, noting casually that "a lot of this will be cleared up in my upcoming book." But Tsongas has already sounded his bugle for the charge of "humanistic realism," a leaner, meaner brand of liberalism he thinks will work in the 1980s. With his wordy solutions and academic jargon, Tsongas has, whether he likes it or not, formed a new political ideology, which he predicts will galvanize the country's moderates and liberals...
...know that they've given help to both Somalia and Ethiopia. I know that there have been problems in the Caribbean, problems in Central America. Why? It is actually culpable if a leader does not make an assessment of that. That's not hawkish-I hate those jargon things. That's doing your duty by your countrymen...
There was other evidence of his style. Reagan opened the ceremonies for the returning hostages and then receded. Cameras were banned from sensitive and emotional moments. No detailed reports were given of Cabinet meetings or other sessions with key Administration figures. They were, in the official jargon, "characterized." What had the President done on a Sunday night? the White House was asked. We don't know, said an aide, that is his private time...